But Their Emails: Republicans React to Their Own Email Scandal
Across the Capitol this week, there were heated debates over using private email accounts for official government work, skirting federal transparency laws and accusations of partisan hypocrisy were heard, in what many see as an unwelcome rerun of the debate over Hillary Clinton's use of a private server. But unlike the last episode, when the GOP showed uniformity in calling for Clinton's head, this time the party is divided over the issue.
Reports that six senior White House officials, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, have used private email accounts for government business is receiving mixed reactions in Washington, as many Republicans say it's no big deal while others are asking if those implicated are trying to get around a requirement that officials preserve White House records.
In a rare moment of bipartisanship this week, the two top lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee penned a strongly worded letter demanding answers from the Trump administration.
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But most Republicans are brushing aside the reports.
"I really haven't followed it, honestly I haven't," Sen. John Kennedy, a member of the Judiciary Committee, says.
Pressed on how his party went after Clinton over the issue – and how President Trump, as recently as last week at an Alabama rally, basked in chants of "Lock her up!" – the junior senator from Louisiana demurs.
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